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Kobe Bryant Topps rookie card, Prince’s “Cloud” guitar, Pair of huanghuali chairs,

$1.796 million, Goldin Auctions $132,868, RR Auction $239,400, Doyle
A black label pristine 1996- The “Cloud” guitar A pair of Chinese late
1997 Topps Chrome custom-made by Ming dynasty 18th
Refractors #138 Kobe Minneapolis Luthier century huanghuali
Bryant rookie card sold for Kurt Nelson in the high-back armchairs
$1.796 million in a Winter 1990s for the musi- sold for $239,400 at an
Auction ending March 6-7 cian Prince sold for Asian Works of Art
by Goldin Auctions, based $132,868 in an auction held March
in Runnemede, NJ. Also, an online auction that began on Feb. 19 and ended 15th by Doyle in New York City. Huanghuali
Upper Deck “Exquisite March 10 by RR Auction, based in Boston. furniture is distinguished by its beautiful grain,
Collection” #78 LeBron Also, Prince’s custom-made Purple Rain white sweet aroma, and warm color. Also, a rare Ming
James signed patch rookie ruffled shirt sourced from the mother of Sheila blue and white double gourd ewer and cover
card, graded BGS NM-MT+ 8.5, brought E. rose to $75,000; a factory-sealed original changed hands for $69,300; and a pair of
$1.538 million; a 1955 Topps #164 Roberto 1987 U.S. first pressing of Prince’s The Black Imperial Chinese porcelain “Dragon” bowls
Clemente rookie card fetched $1.107 million; Album brought $30,990; and Prince’s Versace realized $63,000.
and a 1952 Topps #312 Jackie Robinson card sunglasses went for $15,128.
went for $984,000. Ming dynasty bowl,
Manuel Orazi poster, $721,800, Sotheby’s
Picasso ceramic vase, $37,500, Swann Auction
$100,000, John Moran A Ming dynasty, Yongle
A poster by Manuel period exceptional and
A ceramic vase by Pablo Picasso Orazi, titled La Maison rare blue and white
titled Lampe Femme sold for Moderne (1900) sold for “floral” bowl originally
$100,000 at a Winter Modern $37,500 at a Vintage purchased for $35 at a
& Contemporary Sale held Posters auction held Connecticut yard sale
February 23rd by John Moran February 18th by Swann achieved $721,800 following a spirited battle
Auctioneers in Monrovia, CA. Auction Galleries in New York City. Also, an between four bidders in an Important Chinese
Also, Le Pho’s Bouquet artist record was set for H. A. Volodimer, whose Art Auction held March 17th by Sotheby’s
Champetre hammered for Grand Prix d’Endurance de 24 Heures / Coupe in New York City. Just six companion bowls
$16,250; an untitled work by Rudge / Whotworth (1923) realized $15,000; are known, with most held in renowned
Tadashi Soto fetched $18,750; Roger de Valerio’s Air France / Dans Tous Les museum collections in the world. This delicate
Edward Ruscha’s Music knocked down for Ciels (1935) brought $5,000; and Alphonse bowl is a quintessential Yongle product made
$10,000; an untitled work by Charles Arnold Mucha’s Tragique Histoire d’Hamlet (1899) for the court.
changed hands for $7,500; and Dominic made $17,500.
Besner’s Les Betes a Cornes gaveled for $4,062. Bram Stoker’s Dracula,
Alexander Calder artwork, $26,500, Hindman Auctions
Keith Haring painting, $845,000, Rago / Wright
$3 million, Christie’s A copy of Bram Stoker’s
An untitled (Demi-cône) novel Dracula, bound in the
An untitled vinyl paint on sheet metal, wire and publisher’s yellow cloth with
vinyl tarpaulin with metal paint artwork by blood-red lettering, sold for
grommets, painted in 1983 Alexander Calder sold for $26,500 at a Literature from
by Keith Haring (1958- $845,000 at a Post-War a Private New Orleans
1990) sold for $3 million & Contemporary Art Collection sale held March
at a Post-War to Present auction held March 11th 19 by Hindman Auctions in
sale held March 9th by by Rago Arts (Lambertville, NJ) and Wright Chicago. Also, a first edition
Christie’s in New York (Chicago). Also, Jaume Plensa’s Self Portrait copy of John Steinbeck’s The
City. Also, a 2017 oil on canvas painting by with Rivers IV fetched $175,000; Richard Estes’s Pastures of Heaven, in the rare first issue dust
Matthew Wong (1984-2019), titled Luminous D-Train hammered for $62,500; Frederick jacket, realized $23,750; Ernest Hemingway’s
Night, 72 inches by 48 inches, brought $2.19 Hammersley’s Dark & like #23 realized Men Without Women brought $11,875; and
million; and an untitled freestanding tied- $47,500; and Sterling Ruby’s Basin Theology Aldous Huxley’s A Brave New World hammered
wire, closed center, six-branched tree form rose to $68,750. for $10,625.
sculpture by Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) finished
at $966,000. Leyendecker painting, Rock-Ola World Series coin-op,
$74,000, Leland Little $34,375, Fine Estate, Inc.
de Champlain book,
$201,600, Freeman’s A newly discovered early A fully functioning
painting by the famed 1937 Rock-Ola 1937
A first edition copy of Saturday Evening Post World Series Baseball
French explorer Samuel de illustrator Joseph Christian arcade game sold for
Champlain’s book Les Leyendecker (American, $34,375 at an auction
Voyages du Sieur de 1874-1951) titled Christ held March 21st by
Champlain (Paris, 1613) With Sainted Knights sold Fine Estate, Inc. in San
sold for $201,600 at a for $74,000 at a Signature Rafael, CA. Also, a
Books & Manuscripts auction held February Spring Auction held March Spalding “King of the
18th by Freeman’s in Philadelphia. Also, 11-13 by Leland Little Diamond” ball signed by Babe Ruth and Lou
Vladimir Nabokov’s Ada or Ardor: A Family Auctions in Hillsborough, NC. Also, a figural Gehrig was a hit for $17,500; a Ted Williams
Chronicle realized $15,120; Thomas Birch and vase by Pablo Picasso, titled Chouette (A.R. 602), H&B game-used bat earned $17,500; a
J.H. Seymour’s The Geographic Pastime (or, the from the artist’s series of ceramics made at the framed display of bats featuring Babe Ruth,
Complete Tour of Europe) made $13,100; and Madoura pottery studio, made $25,000. Prices Jimmy Foxx, and Mel Ott garnered $8,125;
Chas. E. Carryl’s Harlequin Playing Cards went are hammer, exclusive of the buyer’s premium. and a 1938 Babe Ruth-signed baseball knocked
for $8,820. down for $5,312.

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